Lawmakers Say Air Force Informant Program Violates Honor Code

"Members of Congress are sharply criticizing a recently revealed program to recruit U.S. Air Force Academy cadets to serve as informants on other cadets suspected of drug use and sexual assault," USA Today reports.

The informant program was first reported by the Colorado Springs Gazette which "highlighted the case of Cadet Eric Thomas, who said he was recruited by the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations after being suspected of attending an off-campus party at which drugs were used. Thomas agreed to serve as an informant on fellow cadets, but told the paper he became increasingly uncomfortable that he was being asked to disobey academy rules in order to get closer to his targets."